Image:Clostridium tetani 01.png

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Description
English: This micrograph depicts a group of Clostridium tetani bacteria, responsible for causing tetanus in humans. Tetanus is an acute, often fatal, disease caused by an exotoxin produced by C. tetani. It is characterized by generalized rigidity and convulsive spasms of skeletal muscles, usually involving the jaw (lockjaw) and neck, then becoming generalized.
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Date

1995
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  • Content Providers(s): CDC
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English: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image.
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Public domain This image is a work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, taken or made during the course of an employee's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
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  • 2006-02-23 03:33 MarcoTolo 612×411×8 (444346 bytes) ''Clostridium tetani'' bacteria - the cause of [[tetanus]] in humans. Obtained from the CDC [http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp Public Health Image Library]. Image credit: CDC (PHIL #6372), 1995 == Licensing == {{PD-USGov-HHS-CDC}}

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